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70th National Film Awards Jury Member M B Padmakumar On Mammootty Not Getting An Award: “This Was A Loss For Malayalam Cinema”
The 70th National Film Awards recognised films certified by the censor board between January 1 and December 31, 2022
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Akshay Kumar's OMG 2 Gets A Certification: "No Cuts, Only Modifications"
"There are no cuts in the film, only a few modifications, which the makers discussed with the censor board members," a source close to the project said
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"Censor Board Should Intervene": Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot On Panipat Row
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today asked the Censor Board to take note of claims that Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat wrongly portrayed Maharaja Surajmal. He asked distributors to have a dialogue with Rajasthan's Jat community, some of whose members say are offended by the film starring Arjun Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Sanjay Dutt.
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Trolled For Calling Kabir Singh 'Misogynistic', Censor Board Member Stands By Her Remark
"I've said certification is a sociological process not a creative one," she tweeted
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Sara Ali Khan's Kedarnath: After Call For Ban, Filmmakers Say Nothing Offensive In Film
A BJP member wrote to Censor Board demanding ban on Kedarnath, alleging the film mocked Hindu religious sentiments
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Mewar Royal Questions Censor Board Over 'Padmavati' Clearance
A senior member of the erstwhile Mewar royal family, Mahendra Singh, has questioned the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for endorsing Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmavati' claiming the film "misrepresents" revered heroic characters and may cause "social unrest".
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Was Asked To Join Panel To Certify "Padmavati": Former Royal
The censor board asked the erstwhile Mewar royal family to join a panel to help certify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati", which had angered Rajput community leaders for allegedly portraying the queen in a 'bad light', a member of the family said today.
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Vasundhara Raje Asks Smriti Irani To Delay Padmavati Release: 10 Points
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan, the epicentre of protests against the Deepika Padukone-starrer movie Padmavati, on Saturday broke her silence on the movie. In a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, Ms Raje asked that the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film be put on hold and a special panel of historians, filmmakers a...
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Try 'Padmavati' Director Bhansali For Treason: Censor Board Member
The film Padmavati will not be banned by the Supreme Court, the judges today, stating that it's up to the country's censor board to decide how the film should be released.
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Vidya Balan 'Glad' That Current Censor Board Members Are 'Like-Minded'
Vidya Balan is one of the newly appointed members of the CBFC, which also includes names like Vivek Agnihotri, Narendra Kohli and Gautami Tadimalla
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How Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Is Fighting The 48 Cuts Ordered By Censor Board
The makers of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz submitted their film for review to Film Certification Appellate Tribunal instead of the Revising Committee after Censor Board ordered 48 cuts
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Kerala High Court Gave It A Week, Censor Board Yet To Clear Controversial Film
While cracking the whip on the censor board of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the Kerala High Court ordered it to take immediate decision on the controversial film Ka Bodyscapes. A group of top members including CBFC chief Pahlaj Nahalani flew down to Thiruvananthapuram on Friday to review the film. The court has given the board a week...
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Opinion: A Censor Board Member's View On 'Padmavati'
Violence or vandalism cannot recreate history. In fact, it cannot create anything. It only destroys - destroys peace, democratic discourse, creativity and free speech. Unfortunately, this happened twice recently on the sets of the film Padmavati. The film is based on an epic poem Padmavat written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in Avadhi language. Jayasi ...
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Broadcasting Ministry Set To Expand Shyam Benegal Panel, May Include Kamal Haasan
The I&B ministry may soon add more members, including actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, to the Shyam Bengal committee that has been set up to look holistically into the functioning of the Censor Board, which has been mired in controversies in the recent past.
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Censor Board Trouble For Jai Gangaajal, Director Says Cuts Unacceptable
"I was told that two members wanted to give it an A certificate with several cuts while two others were ready to give it a U/A with minimal cuts. The matter was referred to Pahlaj Nihalani. I was offered a U/A with 11 cuts which wasn't acceptable," said Prakash Jha
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70th National Film Awards Jury Member M B Padmakumar On Mammootty Not Getting An Award: “This Was A Loss For Malayalam Cinema”
The 70th National Film Awards recognised films certified by the censor board between January 1 and December 31, 2022
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Akshay Kumar's OMG 2 Gets A Certification: "No Cuts, Only Modifications"
"There are no cuts in the film, only a few modifications, which the makers discussed with the censor board members," a source close to the project said
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"Censor Board Should Intervene": Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot On Panipat Row
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today asked the Censor Board to take note of claims that Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat wrongly portrayed Maharaja Surajmal. He asked distributors to have a dialogue with Rajasthan's Jat community, some of whose members say are offended by the film starring Arjun Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Sanjay Dutt.
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Trolled For Calling Kabir Singh 'Misogynistic', Censor Board Member Stands By Her Remark
"I've said certification is a sociological process not a creative one," she tweeted
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Sara Ali Khan's Kedarnath: After Call For Ban, Filmmakers Say Nothing Offensive In Film
A BJP member wrote to Censor Board demanding ban on Kedarnath, alleging the film mocked Hindu religious sentiments
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Mewar Royal Questions Censor Board Over 'Padmavati' Clearance
A senior member of the erstwhile Mewar royal family, Mahendra Singh, has questioned the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for endorsing Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmavati' claiming the film "misrepresents" revered heroic characters and may cause "social unrest".
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Was Asked To Join Panel To Certify "Padmavati": Former Royal
The censor board asked the erstwhile Mewar royal family to join a panel to help certify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati", which had angered Rajput community leaders for allegedly portraying the queen in a 'bad light', a member of the family said today.
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Vasundhara Raje Asks Smriti Irani To Delay Padmavati Release: 10 Points
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan, the epicentre of protests against the Deepika Padukone-starrer movie Padmavati, on Saturday broke her silence on the movie. In a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, Ms Raje asked that the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film be put on hold and a special panel of historians, filmmakers a...
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Try 'Padmavati' Director Bhansali For Treason: Censor Board Member
The film Padmavati will not be banned by the Supreme Court, the judges today, stating that it's up to the country's censor board to decide how the film should be released.
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Vidya Balan 'Glad' That Current Censor Board Members Are 'Like-Minded'
Vidya Balan is one of the newly appointed members of the CBFC, which also includes names like Vivek Agnihotri, Narendra Kohli and Gautami Tadimalla
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How Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Is Fighting The 48 Cuts Ordered By Censor Board
The makers of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz submitted their film for review to Film Certification Appellate Tribunal instead of the Revising Committee after Censor Board ordered 48 cuts
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Kerala High Court Gave It A Week, Censor Board Yet To Clear Controversial Film
While cracking the whip on the censor board of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the Kerala High Court ordered it to take immediate decision on the controversial film Ka Bodyscapes. A group of top members including CBFC chief Pahlaj Nahalani flew down to Thiruvananthapuram on Friday to review the film. The court has given the board a week...
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Opinion: A Censor Board Member's View On 'Padmavati'
Violence or vandalism cannot recreate history. In fact, it cannot create anything. It only destroys - destroys peace, democratic discourse, creativity and free speech. Unfortunately, this happened twice recently on the sets of the film Padmavati. The film is based on an epic poem Padmavat written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in Avadhi language. Jayasi ...
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Broadcasting Ministry Set To Expand Shyam Benegal Panel, May Include Kamal Haasan
The I&B ministry may soon add more members, including actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, to the Shyam Bengal committee that has been set up to look holistically into the functioning of the Censor Board, which has been mired in controversies in the recent past.
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Censor Board Trouble For Jai Gangaajal, Director Says Cuts Unacceptable
"I was told that two members wanted to give it an A certificate with several cuts while two others were ready to give it a U/A with minimal cuts. The matter was referred to Pahlaj Nihalani. I was offered a U/A with 11 cuts which wasn't acceptable," said Prakash Jha
